# NTSB NYC73DID15: Erco 415-C, N87119, South Boston, VA, December 17, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 17, 1972
- Place: South Boston, VA · SOUTH BOSTON, VA
- Location: 36.7118° N, 78.9134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Boston, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7118&lon=-78.9134&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 8, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168863
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC73DID15
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73DID15

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3449  72/12/17   SOUTH BOSTON,VA     ERCO 415-C          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 34, 66 TOTAL
        TIME - 1630                    N87119              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WM M TUCK
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SOUTH BOSTON,VA             LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- PIC HAND PROPPED ENGINE,ACFT ROLLED ACROSS RUNWAY INTO DITCH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N87119](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87119-2015-06-02), registration cancelled 2015-06-02, S/N 292, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ERCO 415-C
- Registry model: [Ercoupe 415-C](https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-c) (registry code 0420322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C75 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (registry code 17005, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Wm M Tuck

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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